GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paltry | inferior |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| deify | to make a god of |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |